You don't say whether you use latex or not. If you do, I encourage you to explore the possibilities of biblatex. It allows you to easily adjust citation and bibliography styles to your taste. This, together with the macros for journal title Christiaan mentioned, is how I did my thesis and other writings. Jonas
-- Jonas Zimmermann, PhD Institute of Neuroscience Newcastle University UK On 8 Jan 2013, at 08:00, John Wickerson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi BibDesk, > > What is the "right" way to handle the following use-case? > > I have a master .bib file, contain full details for every entry. This version > is ideal for my PhD thesis, which has no word limit (at least not in the > bibliography). > > But when I'm writing a conference paper, I have to condense the bibliography > to fit inside a strict page limit. To do this, I copy all the entries I want > into a new .bib file, and manually delete all the page numbers, editors' > names, and so on, and use shortened forms of journal and conference names. > > The result is that I now have two .bib files, one with full details, and one > that is abbreviated. This is obviously bad, as it's hard to keep the two > in-sync. So what's the "right" way to handle this situation in BibDesk? > > Thanks very much for your help. > > john > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS > and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - > 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. > SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
